Ken Walker, 91, was animator for Disney and H-B

Animator and director Kenneth David “Ken” Walker, whose work for Disney included such memorable films as Alice in Wonderland and Fantasia, died August 18 in Laguna Hills, California. He was 91.

A member of the Directors Guild of America, he worked for Disney from 1940-42 and 1945-52. He was filmed as one of Disney’s leading animators on the “Disney Cartoons” episode of You Asked For It, which can currently be seen on YouTube.

Walker also worked for many other notable companies, such as Columbia Pictures and Hanna-Barbera. He was the founder and sole owner of N.Y.C. Totem Productions from 1965 to 1971. In 1981, he founded Funnybone Films in Hollywood, California, where he remained owner for 20 years.